Western Addiction
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Western Addiction is a punk rock
band based in San Francisco. The band was formed by four veterans of the punk scene. All four members work for Fat Wreck Chords
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Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band based in San Francisco. The band was formed by four veterans of the punk scene. All four members work for Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords
Fat Wreck Chords is a San Francisco, California based independent record label, focused on punk rock. It was started by Fat Mike and his ex-wife, Erin, in 1990....
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Members
- Jason Hall - Vocals/Guitar
- Ken Yamazaki - Guitar
- Chicken Annicharico - Bass/Vocals
- Chad Williams - Drums
EPs
- New Mexican Disaster Squad/Western Addiction SplitNew Mexican Disaster Squad/Western Addiction SplitNew Mexican Disaster Squad/Western Addiction Split is an EP by New Mexican Disaster Squad and Western Addiction released on CD and 12" vinyl by No Idea Records.It was New Mexican Disaster Squad's last album before signing with Deep Elm Records....
(2004) - Remember to DismemberRemember to DismemberRemember to Dismember is Western Addiction's EP to support the then-upcoming album Cognicide on Fat Wreck Chords.It features two tracks, "From the Ramparts" and "Not a Surrender", that were not on Cognicide. Remember to Dismember was recorded and mixed by Randy Burk.-Track listing:#"Charged...
(2003)
Trivia
- Ken Yamazaki plays in Enemy YouEnemy YouEnemy You was a punk rock band from San Francisco, California that formed in 1997.-Biography:Prior to their formation, David Jones, the main songwriter in Enemy You, recorded several releases with his band After School Special on Mutant Pop Records. After AFS broke up, Enemy You was formed and...
, and also in Dead to MeDead to Me (band)Dead to Me is a punk rock band from San Francisco, founded by vocalist/guitarist Jack Dalrymple, drummer Brandon Pollack and bassist/vocalist Chicken of Western Addiction...
with bandmate, Chicken - Chicken plays in Dead to MeDead to Me (band)Dead to Me is a punk rock band from San Francisco, founded by vocalist/guitarist Jack Dalrymple, drummer Brandon Pollack and bassist/vocalist Chicken of Western Addiction...
and was nominated as 'Sexiest Vegetarian' by PETAPetaPeta can refer to:* peta-, an SI prefix denoting a factor of 1015* Peta, Greece, a town in Greece* Peta, the Pāli word for a Preta, or hungry ghost in Buddhism* Peta Wilson, an Australian actress and model* Peta Todd, English glamour model...
in 2006. - Chad Williams plays in Complaints and formerly Radio Reelers.